A bibliography of the detective or mystery novels and other works of Agatha Christie.
Novels
Agatha Christie wrote 66 detective or mystery novels.
Collections of short stories
In addition to her 66 mystery novels, Christie published 153 short stories in her career. Almost all of these were written for publication in fiction magazines with over half of them first appearing in the 1920s. They were then published in book form in various collections, some of which were identical in the UK and US (e.g. The Labours of Hercules) and others where publication took place in one market but not the other.
Twelve of the stories which were published in The Sketch magazine in 1924 under the sub-heading of The Man who was No. 4 were joined in one continuous narrative in the novel The Big Four in 1927. Four other stories, "The Submarine Plans" (1923), "Christmas Adventure" (1923), "The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest" (1932) and "The Second Gong" (1932), were expanded into longer narratives by Christie (respectively The Incredible Theft, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, The Mystery of the Spanish Chest and Dead Man's Mirror, although the shorter versions of all four have also been published in the UK).
Only one short story remains unpublished in the UK in book form: "Three Blind Mice" (1948), on which Christie placed a moratorium whilst the stage play based on the story, The Mousetrap, was still running in the West End. Prior to this the story was published in four instalments in the weekly magazine Woman's Own in the issues dated 31 December 1948 to 21 January 1949 with illustrations by K. J. Petts.
In the US, "Christmas Adventure" is the only story unpublished. The longer version "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding", which is based on "Christmas Adventure", can be found in Double Sin and Other Stories under the name "The Theft of the Royal Ruby".
The main collections in both markets are:
- 1924 Poirot Investigates (Eleven short stories in the UK, fourteen in the US)
- 1929 Partners in Crime (Fifteen short stories; featuring Tommy and Tuppence)
- 1930 The Mysterious Mr. Quin (Twelve short stories; introducing Mr. Harley Quin)
- 1932 The Thirteen Problems (Thirteen short stories; featuring Miss Marple. Published as The Tuesday Club Murders in the US.)
- 1933 The Hound of Death (Twelve short stories –UK only)
- 1934 The Listerdale Mystery (Twelve short stories –UK version, US version published in 2010 in eBook format only)
- 1934 Parker Pyne Investigates (Twelve short stories; introducing Parker Pyne and Ariadne Oliver. Published as Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective in the US.)
- 1937 Murder in the Mews (Four novella-length stories; featuring Hercule Poirot. Published as Dead Man's Mirror in the US, but without The Incredible Theft.)
- 1939 The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (Nine short stories –US only)
- 1947 The Labours of Hercules (Twelve short stories; featuring Hercule Poirot)
- 1948 The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (Eleven short stories –US only)
- 1950 Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (Nine short stories –US only)
- 1951 The Under Dog and Other Stories (Nine short stories –US only)
- 1960 The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Six short stories –UK version, US version published in 2004)
- 1961 Double Sin and Other Stories (Eight short stories –US only)
- 1971 The Golden Ball and Other Stories (Fifteen short stories –US only)
- 1974 Poirot's Early Cases (Eighteen short stories. Published as Hercule Poirot's Early Cases in the US.)
- 1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (Eight short stories –UK and Commonwealth Countries only)
- 1984 Hercule Poirot's Casebook (Fifty short stories: fourteen from Poirot Investigates, all twelve from The Labours of Hercules, eight from The Under Dog and Other Stories, five from The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories, all four from Murder in the Mews, four from Double Sin and Other Stories, and three from Three Blind Mice and Other Stories)
- 1991 Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (Eight short stories –UK and Commonwealth Countries only)
- 1997 The Harlequin Tea Set (Nine short stories –US only)
- 1997 While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (Nine short stories –UK and Commonwealth Countries only)
- 2013 Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly (Novella; Expanded into the novel Dead Man's Folly)
In addition, various collections have been published over the years which re-print short stories which have previously appeared in other collections – e.g. Surprise! Surprise! (1965 in the US). On occasion, besides the reprinted material these collections have sometimes contained the first book printing of an individual story – e.g. The Market Basing Mystery in the UK version of Thirteen for Luck! (1966) which later appeared in the same market in Poirot's Early Cases.
Romance novels written under the pen name Mary Westmacott
See Mary Westmacott
- 1930 Giant's Bread
- 1934 Unfinished Portrait
- 1944 Absent in the Spring
- 1948 The Rose and the Yew Tree
- 1952 A Daughter's a Daughter
- 1956 The Burden
Plays
- 1930 Black Coffee (Novelised by Charles Osborne in 1998 as Black Coffee)
- 1943 And Then There Were None (Based on the 1939 novel Ten Little Indians)
- 1944 Murder on the Nile/Hidden Horizon (Based on the 1937 novel Death on the Nile)
- 1945 Appointment with Death (Based on the 1938 novel Appointment with Death)
- 1951 The Hollow (Based on the 1946 novel The Hollow)
- 1952 The Mousetrap (Based on the 1948 short story Three Blind Mice)
- 1953 Witness for the Prosecution (Based on the short story The Witness for the Prosecution)
- 1954 Spider's Web (Novelised by Charles Osborne in 2000 as Spider's Web)
- 1956 A Daughter's a Daughter (Written as a play in the late 1930s. Performed professionally once. Unpublished but turned into the 1952 Mary Westmacott novel A Daughter's a Daughter)
- 1956 Towards Zero (Based on the 1944 novel Towards Zero)
- 1958 Verdict
- 1958 The Unexpected Guest (Novelised by Charles Osborne in 1999 as The Unexpected Guest)
- 1960 Go Back for Murder (Based on the 1942 novel Five Little Pigs)
- 1962 Rule of Three (Comprising Afternoon at the Seaside, The Rats and The Patient)
- 1972 Fiddler's Three (Originally written as Fiddler's Five. Unpublished.)
- 1973 Akhnaton (Written in 1937)
- 2003 Chimneys (Written in 1931, but unperformed for 72 years. Based on the 1925 novel The Secret of Chimneys. Unpublished.)
Radio plays
- 1937 The Yellow Iris (Based on the short story of the same name)
- 1947 Three Blind Mice (Christie's celebrated stage play The Mousetrap was based on this radio play)
- 1948 Butter in a Lordly Dish
- 1954 Personal Call
Television plays
- 1937 Wasp's Nest (Based on the short story of the same name)
Nonfiction
- 1946 Come, Tell Me How You Live
- 1977 Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
- 2012 The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery
Other published works
- 1925 The Road of Dreams (Poetry)
- 1965 Star Over Bethlehem and other stories (Christian stories and poems)
- 1973 Poems
Co-authored works
- 1930 Behind the Screen. A radio serial written together with Hugh Walpole, Dorothy L. Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, E. C. Bentley and Ronald Knox of the Detection Club. Published in book form in 1983 in The Scoop and Behind The Screen.
- 1931 The Scoop. A radio serial written together with Dorothy L. Sayers, E. C. Bentley, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts and Clemence Dane of the Detection Club. Published in book form in 1983 in The Scoop and Behind The Screen.
- 1931 The Floating Admiral. A book written together with G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers and certain other members of the Detection Club.
- 1956 Towards Zero (A West End theatre dramatisation of her 1944 novel co-written with Gerard Verner)
Unpublished written material
- Personal Call (supernatural radio play, featuring Inspector Narracott who also appeared in The Sittaford Mystery; a recording is in the British Library Sound Archive)
- The Wife of the Kenite (horror; a translation, from an Italian magazine of the 1920s): This story was originally published in English in an Australian Magazine.
- Butter in a Lordly Dish (horror/detective radio play, adapted from The Woman and the Kenite)
- Being So Very Wilful (romantic)
- Snow Upon the Desert (romantic novel)
- Stronger than Death (supernatural)
- The Green Gate (supernatural)
- The Greenshore Folly (novella featuring Hercule Poirot; the basis for Dead Man's Folly) [Published in Kindle format as "Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly" on Nov. 12, 2013.]
- The War Bride (supernatural)
- Eugenia and Eugenics (stage play)
- Witchhazel (supernatural short story)
- Someone at the Window (play adapted from short story The Dead Harlequin)
- Miss Perry (stage play)
Works by other authors based on Christie's works
Plays adapted into novels
Charles Osborne novelised three of Christie's plays:
- 1998 Black Coffee (featuring Hercule Poirot, based on the 1930 play Black Coffee)
- 1999 The Unexpected Guest (based on the 1958 play The Unexpected Guest)
- 2000 Spider's Web (based on the 1954 play Spider's Web)
These three novels are now available in the collection Murder In Three Stages.
Works adapted into plays
- 1928 Alibi (dramatised by Michael Morton from the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd)
- 1932 Roads of Memory (dramatised by W E Fuller; it is unclear what work this "sophisticated mystery" was based on)
- 1936 Love from a Stranger (dramatised by Frank Vosper from the short story Philomel Cottage)
- 1939 Tea for Three (dramatised by Margery Vosper from the short story Accident)
- 1940 Peril at End House (dramatised by Arnold Ridley)
- 1949 Murder at the Vicarage (dramatised by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy)
- 1956 Towards Zero (dramatised by Gerald Verner)
- 1977 A Murder is Announced (dramatised by Leslie Darbon)
- 1981 Cards on the Table (dramatised by Leslie Darbon)
- 1993 Murder is Easy (dramatised by Clive Exton)
- 2005 And Then There Were None (dramatised by Kevin Elyot from the novel And Then There Were None)
- 2012 The Mysterious Affair at Styles (dramatised by David Hansen from the novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles)
- 2014 Tommy & Tuppence in The Shepherd's Warning The first time Agatha Christie Limited has granted the licence for her works to be adapted into a live Interactive Murder Mystery Production (dramatised by Ben Muir from the novel Partners in Crime)